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Up The Skeleton Coast: Surfing in Namibia, Part Three
We took a couple of diversions where we could find them to the beach, looking for a point as good as Cape Cross, but we found nothing but wind-rattled waves. A few places showed potential, but not that day.
We did find an old bottle, with “1940″ stamped on the bottom. I thought it would be [...]
Up the Skeleton Coast: Surfing in Namibia, Part Two
Back in the car and northward ever onwards, looking for the perfect combination of good waves and no one fishing. It seems weird to be somewhere where there is absolutely no chance of running across crowded surf, but still having to avoid crowds of fishermen instead.
A few miles north of where we met the Germans, [...]
Up the Skeleton Coast, Surfing in Namibia, Part One
“Namibia? Yeah, I’m up for that.”
Having agreed to Stuart’s email that I’m in for a trip, and persuading my boss to let me have three weeks off, I figured I’d better find out where Namibia actually is.
Ah Namibia. The Skeleton Coast. Famous for being mostly a big fuck-off desert, with diamonds, shipwrecks, icy seas and [...]